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Webber, William, 1843-1903 : Letter, ship Mataura, to my dear sister / transcribed by Marsha Donaldson (electronic transcription of MS-Papers-4184)
- Date
- 20 Aug 1875, 2001
- By
- Webber, William, 1843-1903?Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-
- Reference
- MSDL-1263
- Description
Brief account mentioning the health of family members during the voyage. Letter consists of daily entries covering the period 6 Aug-11 Nov 1875. The letter is unsigned
Accompanying material - Introductory notes by Marsha Donalson
William with his wife and six children travelled from Gravesend on 8 Aug 1875 and arrived at Nelson on 10 Nov. The family trans-shipped to a coastal steamer which took them onto New Plymouth, arriving at their final destination on 11 Nov 1875
Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).
Processing information: Part of SBDD project (Shipboard diary digitisation)
- Additional description
Alternative form available: A hardcopy of the transcript is available at MS-Papers-7162.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection / Research papers and transcripts
- Format
- 1 Electronic document(s), Diaries, Electronic records (Digital records), Personal narratives, Transcriptions (Documents), Electronic documents
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